Walmart Says Beware Of Mystery Shopper Scams
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. – A Piedmont lady is warning other individuals not to fall victim to a shopping scam that nearly cleared her account. So they gave me a check for $1650.00 in the mail saying I ought to evaluate Walmart. I also answered an world wide web ad for a mystery shopper and filled out the paper perform. The victim will be told that they have been hired as a Secret Shopper and will be sent a cashier’s verify or cash order to cash and use on their assignments. Walmart will By no means mail you a check and ask that you deposit it in order to acquire an item or service and keep the remainder of the quantity as payment for solutions. The secret shoppers are responsible for returning the income to the bank, and are out of pocket the funds that was wired.
The directions have been to deposit the check in my bank account then the subsequent day go back to my bank and withdraw enough to send two cash orders for $750.00 which I was to go to Walmart to get a moneygram and send them to these two folks, the rest was mine to hold as payment. Walmart does offer a survey, located at , which is advertised on random receipts in our Retailers. If you have been contacted to shop Western Union or Dollars Gram, and it entails you getting a cashier’s verify or income order, IT IS A SCAM.
I decided to check out a secret shopper e-mail sent to me by a person named Nick They in turn sent me a letter with directions and a verify for $2,750.90. The check looked funny to me so I called the bank on which it was written. You must forward scam emails to …